Some Colorado communities don t want psychedelic healing centers — but can they stop them? – Greeley Tribune greeleytribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greeleytribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
City and county governments in Colorado are not allowed to banish the psychedelics industry from inside their borders, even if their residents don’t want it. They may, however, regulate the time, place and manner of its existence.
Jack Van Heesch was one of nearly 1.3 million Coloradans last November to vote for Proposition 122, which decriminalized the growing, use and sharing of psilocybin and psilocin. But his was a rare yes vote in Cokedale, a tiny hamlet of 150 residents not jazzed about psilocybin healing centers coming in.
The jostling over the introduction of magic mushrooms is just the latest clash in a long-running dispute over what power and authority belongs to Colorado's cities and counties versus the state.